“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet. — Mary Helen Bowers Copy Share Image
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world, — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music. — Arlene Croce Copy Share Image
All dancers have a cumulative tendency, because each beat of the tom-tom has an almost irresistible appeal. Soon, those who were just… — Camara Laye Copy Share Image
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I did ballet, jazz and flamenco from when I was five years old. And my professional career started with dancing in musicals. — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
Björk’s wraparound swan frock . . . made her look like a refugee from the more dog-eared precincts of provincial ballet. — Jay Carr Copy Share Image
My genuine passion for dance was born watching Ballet Rambert perform Christopher Bruce's harrowing 'Ghost Dances.' — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
I only started writing in the latter days of Spandau Ballet. I didnt know I could write because all had our roles… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
I wasn't a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
When I was young, I took classical ballet lessons, but I wasn't very good at it. It was really frustrating because I… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
So...I'm larking through the Baby Gap, looking at tiny capri pants and sweaters that cost more than ... I don't know,more than… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not… — John Berger Copy Share Image
In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to… — Merce Cunningham Copy Share Image
At the beginning, ballet accounted for at least two hours out of six hours of my daily training session. Later I devoted… — Natalia Yurchenko Copy Share Image
Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires… — Lincoln Kirstein Copy Share Image
When you train as a dancer, you understand you have to work exceptionally hard. I think dancers are the hardest - working… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs… — Alois Podhajsky Copy Share Image
Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique… — John Simon Copy Share Image
We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music. — Alain LeRoy Locke Copy Share Image
Bravura has nothing to do with technique. It's all about timing and oozing life. — Kevin McKenzie Copy Share Image
You're never more of an individual than when you're a happy team player. — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I danced with the Ballet Russe in Paris when I was 16 and did not need a companion. — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
